Publications by authors named "Kristin A Mathews"
The potential of post-operative complication may exclude elderly patients from undergoing single-staged bilateral total hip arthroplasty (SSBTHA). This study retrospective compared perioperative complications between SSBTHA patients <70 (N = 157) and ≥70 (N = 56) years of age. Patients ≥70 had significantly lower body mass index (p = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurgical site infections, defined as acute wound infections requiring surgical intervention within 90 days post-surgery, were retrospectively compared between a novel, zipper-like closure method (ZM) and staples in 682 patients (904 knees) and 772 patients (971 knees), respectively. The incidence of deep infections was 0.6% for staples and 0.
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- Intraoperative fluoroscopy enhances total hip arthroplasty accuracy but may cause image distortion, prompting a study comparing the manual gridding system (MGS) and digital gridding system (DGS) for component placement.
- MGS showed higher success rates in achieving targeted acetabular cup abduction (ABD) and lower average ABD angles compared to DGS, though both methods had similar outcomes for leg length discrepancy (LLD) and global hip offset (GHO).
- Overall, both MGS and DGS effectively placed components within target zones, with MGS being slightly more consistent, but these differences are not likely to impact clinical results significantly.